It is a well-known truism that poetry reflects society and human experiences. It often serves as a mirror of the lived realities of the poet, ...

Vande Mataram represents the soul of India's freedom struggle. However, its provocative use as a slogan at times made Mahatma ...

Known for praising the city with “big shoulders,” the beloved 1914 composition recently was recited in a ruling addressing ...

PM Narendra Modi also lashed out against the Congress over the deletion of stanzas from the original poem during a Friday speech on the 150th anniversary of 'Vande Mataram' ...

Christine V. Lao teaches writing at UP Diliman. She has practiced law and served as judicial staff head of the Supreme Court. Her first book, Musical Chairs: Stories, was a finalist for the 19th ...

A recent Facebook post by Cubadebate, encouraging participation in a poetry contest dedicated to Fidel Castro, has sparked a ...

Semanti Ghosh’s argument underscores that the restriction of the song to its first two stanzas was not an act of political ...

Forget the ordinary pharmacy where you walk in and an attendant prescribes a drug, hands you a glass of water to swallow, and ...

Contemporary rulers of Bengal are silent on the 150th anniversary of 'Vande Mataram', which could have provided a platform for Mamata Banerjee to showcase "Bangla pride". The reasons that encumbered t ...

At an event to mark 150 years of Vande Mataram last week, Modi claimed that the song had been “broken and cut into pieces” ...

At an event to mark the 150th anniversary of India’s national song ‘Vande Mataram’, Karnataka BJP MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri ...

The pen trembles slightly in his hand, hovering over the page. Outside, the sunlight fades behind the trees around his small ...